Carol LeBlanc

A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants You all deserved better.

“One of your colleagues, a career diplomat, was given just six hours to clear out his office. “When I was expelled from Russia,” he said, “at least Putin gave me six days to leave.””
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Fredericksburg school supply shop closing in wake of Trump’s tariffs Chalk N More had to raise prices and saw shrinking margins after President Donald Trump placed tariffs on nearly all imported goods.

Real impact of tariffs! Small businesses shutting down.
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Our next meeting will be August 20, 1-2 PM, Pacific Time. We'll talk about what everyone is doing in their city and I'll discuss the vulnerable state of urban agriculture in the USDA. You're welcome to join us. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join Old Town Books on Friday June 6, 2025 for an evening of discussion about local activism & how to organize in your community with Denali Nalamalapu, author and illustrator of Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance.
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Join Old Town Books on Friday June 6, 2025 for an evening of discussion about local activism & how to organize in your community with Denali Nalamalapu, author and illustrator of Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance.
This event is free to attend.
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Jack Hopkins on Substack While speaking to the West Point graduating class, Trump said, "No one wanted to join the military under Biden". Everyone in that graduating class started their training during the Biden administrat...

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Democratic Wins Media on Substack BREAKING: Awesome new footage shows Barack and Michelle Obama rocking out with Bruce Springsteen. This is sure to upset Donald Trump.

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‘Sesame Street’ Saved, Inks New Streaming Deal With Netflix Episodes will also continue to air on PBS, debuting the same day as they launch on Netflix.

@netflix.com to the rescue!
❤️❤️❤️
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Elon Musk calling government social services a “Ponzi scheme” is peak right-wing projection. He’s made billions of dollars thanks to government contracts paid for with OUR tax dollars — from NASA + Pentagon contracts to subsidies for his companies AND cleaning up his companies’ environmental messes.

DeBriefed 4 April 2025: Scientists issue Trump ‘SOS’; EU climate goal in jeopardy; Deep-sea mining talks – Carbon Brief A “sense of chaos has gripped” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, after Trump-sanctioned layoffs have affected 20% of staff.  — Read on www.carbonbrief.org/debriefed-4-april-…

DeBriefed 4 April 2025: Scientists issue Trump ‘SOS’; EU climate goal in jeopardy; Deep-sea mining talks - Carbon Brief climaterealitynova.com/2025/04/04/d...

It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.

Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.

I love this

He wore the cheesehead hat in WI. Spent $20 million. Paid people to sign petitions. Paid people to canvas. Did million dollar giveaways. A rally. TV interviews. But I guess people in Wisconsin didn’t appreciate an oligarch trying to buy their civil liberties.

Records are meant to be broken. Congrats @booker.senate.gov for stepping up and standing up for the American people.

Blazing your own path for the W

👏👏👏👏👏

We also didn't have: electricity, indoor plumbing, sanitation, science-based medicine, radio, TV, cars, roads, libraries, hospitals.

So yeah, why not go back to the mid-18th century so Musk can serve as King George III!

I do not think the co-President or President would have 500,000 people watching them speak after 19 hours...the numbers are growing--thank @booker.senate.gov for taking a stand against business (corruption in this case) as usual!!!

Booker is a damn machine.

The Resistance is alive and well and angry Reports of our demise might have been premature

The Resistance is alive and well and angry: Reports of our demise might have been premature

This is the Dem leadership we need at this moment! Thank you @corybooker.com and @chrismurphyct.bsky.social 🫶🏼

Let's see more @senatedemocrats.bsky.social join, please!

This will have a huge impact on state libraries and museums. Yikes!!!—word is, RIP to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com

Hands Off! Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...

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I thought this was Boston. But, it's Greenland.

They seem to be ok with throwing chronically ill nursing home residents out on the street.

Know who’s not in this photo? @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social
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